Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1887-10-21

lifelong have been looking on at manifGS
tations and messages, and they have always
been She same and, OH dear me! in spite
Of the messages, it seems to me rs if we were
not the least bit advanced"
l""Nou are not. - said Tom $50 that either
The spirits know no moro than we already
know or there are no spirits.'
"And | have at last got" continued the
girl with n little laugh, ''to know, exactly
where the things come in and how they lead
up to them-the raps and the music and the
rest of it. you know-tho things which
may be tricks"
al should think they were tricks Tom re-
oiled, contemptuousy. "Why, Dodo, you
are just like girl who goes to see Il mclo-
drama every night in her life and 50 gets
90 know all the surprises and where they
come in, and expects the startles and the
Jumps. To think that a reasonable man
should give up his whole life to the encour-
agement of these miserable imposters, when
there is the whole world of science before
him. - This he said with all the scoln of a
full blown Professor, not a mere Demon.
strator.
Try to be more patient with my father, "
SAID SibYl "for my sake, Tom. He is not n
1onimon curious pryor into secrets: he
wants to search and find out, if he can,
What is possible to undiscovered of the other
Forid-n
And |, - said her lover, "find my hands
@uh OF the world that IS around US. Give
me science to work for and love TO live for;
ana when llie Is over shall await without
teitr the NE III there Is any-which lies
beyond.
every age has ITS formula. Perhaps this
- one neI"hglhS to our age.
llut
NuI IL was twenty minutes to eight and
'DG pcp l''e peSah 10 come
I"e HISl coi'loTs We're TWO girls, VINO also
GAME III uhannounced, because one of them
WIS S'ayHlG III the mouse and the other was
-.c' coilpallloh' Clcely Langston, Tom 5
Lr9V COUSIN ana, IKE nm. the ward OF Mr..
@!rus brudeneI was bind from infancy,
1ot ahe walked everywhere about the house
N'tlout beng led, though her companion
vas always with her
LOU mere ROM. she said, walking
sOraight to the spot where he stood by the
lreplace' on are dressed early tonight.
IN, nat Is very unusual.
NO us. Ierhaps 1t IS my anxiety to
"l'ieSS tIe fireworks we are to have to-
'igmo' "liich maze me hurry up"
N'ceiy smiled ana sat down, her eyes
ciose"' her hands crossed III her lap in the
PdtieHI ana pathetlc attitude of the blind
,'ne Sail iioUllhS Ill reply, because her cous'
N scoiillS attltude as regarded the Re
5earcheS carried on IN that house was well
AHoWn TO everybody. She was somewhat
-ihe hiili' thonSh with That KIND of likeness
" nlcn N"iiiSies Wheh you look INTO details.
Hor "here MS features were rugged hers
were regular ana while his face was ruddy,
oer was pale; and while his expression
vas combatlve hers was full of patience
anu resignation. Her features were delicate
ana me- her nature one perceived at once,
was incapable OF the stronger passions but
vas wholly "erned by the affections.
one was dressed IN what seemed to be
plach Llce ana nothing else, with bunch
81 freshly cut flowers at the neck. The OBJ
servant person. Whlle admlrlng the dress
llSeli' Whlch was not only costly but artistic,
"oulu nave objected that 1t was put on
father IMAM worn. This effect is produced,
WIN the best dress ever made, when shop
6'il crosses dummy, or when an artist
ifesses lay iigure-no lay figure could
ever YET DE made to show pride i'll her
thlhgS or when lady's maid dresses a
5oung lady VINO is profoundly indifferent
''S 10 ."hat Shc mas ON. There are few
%"uhS i"dIeS OF Whom inns may be said, but
they are All bllnd from birth. Cicely Lang
''oh was one OF them. She resigned herself
80 ne dressed Tor the evening rs for drive,
'uU gave no thought TO her ralment, except
}srIia'' mat she liked 1t soft and warm,
Inc slrI VINO entered the room with her
was her companion, Hetty Medlock. Com
panlohs' one observes governesSes and pri-
'ate secretaries, are all apt to fall into one
81 '"o Iauits. Either they go about with
h" sliky ana dlscontented air which they
'aihiy Try TO Ensemble, or they assume,
ana hahituaIly wear ike a grlnning mask,
III IN posslbly cheerful look, as If they loved
= con 'ltlon or dependence, and would choose
10 oul Of all the lots ana fortunes offered to
'n8HhlA". Hetty was sun too young for
eue clouu Oh discohteht TO nave permanently
'gV oIea upon her brow; but tonight she was
1learly ulScohtented with something, very
'Nei9 WIN her Grenadlne dress, which, like
II nan with grey beard, could no longer
!' 'Hd To be youn' Ihls Is quite suili
-.ent reason Tor any girl.to tie discontented
IerAaPS she lookel dlscontented because
she ana not like her work. Since however,
work OIL some KIND was necessary, Hetty |
shown of